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Colin Wood

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Colin Wood is StateScoop’s editor in chief. Contact him at colin.wood@statescoop.com or cwood.64 on Signal.

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California names new state chief digital products officer

State

Idaho colorful map — (Getty Images)

Idaho names interim chief information officer

State

Adrian Fontes — Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes looks on during a House Administration Committee hearing in the Longworth House Office Building at the U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Bonnie Cash / Getty Images)

Arizona secretary of state expands AI chatbot ahead of midterm elections

AI

Ralph Johnson — Washington State Chief Information Security Officer Ralph Johnson rests between sessions at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers midyear conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 1, 2023. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Washington state CISO announces retirement from government

Cybersecurity

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Idaho CIO appointed state transportation director

State

FEMA building — The Federal Emergency Management Agency building is seen on May 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images)

State, local cyber grant funding can’t be used on ‘bundled’ services from membership groups, FEMA clarifies

Cybersecurity

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the South Florida Detention Facility, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, on June 25, 2026. DeSantis announced that the facility is closed and all detainees have been relocated. (Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images)

Water utility cyber upgrades, digital literacy among Florida budget cuts

State

San Francisco city fleet cars — San Francisco city fleet cars that could possibly be replaced sit parked at Central Shop on Sept. 8, 2014 in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Pennsylvania selects RTA to modernize fleet management software

Modernization

Gina Raimondo — Former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during the 2026 Semafor World Economy conference in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2026. (Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

New group headed by former governors promises national AI workforce ‘people strategy’

AI